2003.70.61A-F
Description
- Media Type / Médias
- Image
- Item Type / Type d'élément
- Images, Electronic
- Description / Description
- (A) wooden base; round; bevelled edge; painted black; white hollow hemisphere nailed to wood; semi-circular notch cut out of top edge; 2 nails stick up on edge to secure (B); outside of hemisphere has red arteries painted; small white protrusions on back; red rectangular protrusions (L-8.8cm, W-7.9, H-4.2)
(B) hollow hemisphere; white; red arteries painted on outside; red rectangular protrusions; semi circular notch cut out of front; two holes on edge receive nails from (A)
(C) hollow hemisphere; painted brown; white circle on inside and out; grey, orange, cream painted veins (D-7.2cm, H-3.2cm)
(D) hollow hemisphere; hole in centre; painted around hole to look like a blue eye, cream ring around blue; brown ring around rest of hemisphere; red painted veins (D-7.2cm, H-2.9cm)
(E) flattened sphere; crater on top surrounded by radiating ridges; clear; white circle on back; cream lines, veins and arteries radiate from white circle; transparent cream paint radiates from circle, fits into (C) & (D)
(F) flattened clear sphere fits in crater of (E)
- anatomical model of the eye used for teaching science
- first school built at corner of Murray and Prince streets in 1855, known as Chatham Grammar School
- 1870s school was turned into a high school
- 1887 school obtained collegiate status
- September 1940 the building on site today was opened
- spring of 2002 school was slated to be closed a campaign to keep it open lasted one year and school finally closed in spring of 2003
- Date unknown
- 9.7cm D / 7.8cm H
Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 051 - Subject(s) / Sujet(s)
- Collection
- Chatham Kent Museum
- Copyright Statement / Déclaration de droit d'auteur
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Location of Original / Emplacement de l'original
- Chatham Kent Museum
Out in the Open exhibition
VS 051 - Terms of Use / Conditions d'utilisation
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- Contact / Contacter
- Chatham-Kent MuseumEmail:ckcccmuseum@chatham-kent.ca
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Agency street/mail address:75 William Street North
Chatham, ON N7M 4L4
519-360-1998
